Saturday, February 5, 2011

Magnus Reference

I realized that I gave no information about the pipe itself. The bowl is carved from cherry tinted with a light red stain i had left over from another job and finished to a semi-gloss finish. The stem is vulcanite. The bowl is about an inch and a half deep. The whole pipe probably took me about 8 hrs to make. I will not say how I did the rough shaping of this pipe as it was a very dangerous way and I don't want to give anyone any bad ideas. It is enough to say that I am quite thankful to have all my fingers despite my stupidity. It has been reported to me that it smokes well.

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St. John Kemble was a Jesuit priest in England for 54 years until he was arrested during the reign of Charles II. He was accused of plotting to remove the Charles from the throne inorder to promote a Catholic King. When they found no evidence of the plot he was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered for being a priest and celebrating the Mass.

At the hour of his execution he convinced under-sheriff and the governor to let him finish his prayers, his drink and his pipe. Indeed, the governor and under-sheriff joined him with the drink and the pipe. He then went to the gallows with all the gravity of a gentleman.